Azure Infrastructure Exam (70-533) Gets ARM Refresh

It’s been about 2 years since the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions certification exam was first release. Over that time there’s been a couple updates to keep it relevant with the ever changing landscape of the Microsoft Azure platform. The previous update was released in March 2016, which is a very long time when it comes to the cloud. The good news is that another update is on it’s way, and this time it will be including a full update of adding Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to the exam, in addition to many other new features and services. This update looks to be bringing the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam back to relevancy and not so outdated as it’s been for nearly an entire year now.

Exam Update Release Date

This latest update / refresh to the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions certification exam includes many changes to make it more relevant to the current state of the Microsoft Azure platform. This includes adding many more features and services to the list of objectives that are tested on the exam; including greater coverage of Azure Resource Manager (ARM).

This update will be released on November 22, 2016. On this date, the exam will be republished to reflect the changes in exam objectives.

The 70-533 Infrastructure exam update will be published November 22, 2016.

If you take the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam prior to November 22, 2016, then you should expect the “old” exam objectives to be the ones you will be tested on. If you take the exam on or after November 22, 2016 then you will see questions testing the new list of exam objectives. The new exam objectives are listed in full below.

As is usual with Microsoft exam updates like this, Microsoft doesn’t really make a big announcement of the pending exam updates. Instead, they do call out the pending update with a link to the new objectives along with the targeted release / update date. This posting is the source for the information within this article, and can be found on the official page for the 70-533 exam.

New Exam Objectives

If you’re planning on taking the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam on or after November 22, 2016 then you’ll want to be sure to study these new exam objectives. This will ensure you are studying the right material to pass the new version of the exam that will be given to you.

Here’s the full list of of exam objectives for this November 22, 2016 exam update:

It’s worth noting that the percentages (%) displayed in the titles of the main exam objectives are the percentages of the exam questions that will be on that topic area. As you can see Storage, VMs and App Service have a little higher emphasis than the AD, Virtual Network, and ARM Template sections of the exam. Although, don’t think you shouldn’t study a certain objective because of lower percentages. It’s important to study all the exam objectives as you really never know what questions you’ll get when taking the exam, and every correct answer will definitely help you pass. Microsoft certification exams are difficult, so you’ll need all the correct answers you can get.

The best study resources are going to be the official Microsoft Azure documentation. The documentation is open source and community contributed, but may still be a little difficult to navigate when attempting to study just the exam objectives.

Here are some links to some video resources that have updated, relevant content to cover this new list of exam objectives:

Opsgility.com – They have a 7 day free trial when you sign up for the service that gives you full access to the catalog of On-Demand Course Videos and Labs before you start paying. Opsgility specializes in Microsoft Azure and Cloud training only.

Azure Fridays – New videos on Azure topics and services each week from Scott Hanselman and others at Microsoft.

Channel 9 – This is an official Microsoft site with MANY videos on a wide range of topics surrounding Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies.

Pluralsight – They have video, on-demand training courses on pretty much all technologies; some of their courses cover Microsoft Azure.

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Posted by Chris Pietschmann

Chris is a 6-time Microsoft MVP and has nearly 20 years of experience building enterprise systems both in the cloud and on-premises. He is also a Certified Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect (both MCSD and MCSE), a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and self proclaimed Cloud Advocate. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.

Yeah, It should be a Global update but they have not yet updated for all zone pages regarding this update. I tried to book a slot via online proctoring, no slots available till 22nd. So I booked it tomorrow in a center nearby.